State Sen. Jeff Van Drew, former Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Tom Malinowski and former federal prosecutor and Navy pilot Mikie Sherrill all won their primary contests, according to the Associated Press.

All of the state's congressional incumbents facing primary challenges won their races as well.

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Indeed, Democrats are favored to flip the seats now held by retiring Reps. Frank LoBiondo, R-2nd Dist., and Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-11th Dist., according to Inside Elections, a Washington-based publication that tracks congressional races.

There was no primary in the fourth district, where a former national security aide, Andy Kim, is the Democratic nominee against Rep. Tom MacArthur, R-3rd Dist.

In addition, both U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and former Celgene Corp. executive Bob Hugin won their Senate primaries, setting up a nasty and expensive contest.

Here are the results of the House primary elections.

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Van Drew resisted earlier Democratic entreaties to run for the U.S. House, but quickly entered the race after LoBiondo retired. He was criticized by all three of his primary opponents, who took aim at his A rating from the National Rifle Association.

In the end, Van Drew easily prevailed over retired schoolteacher Tanzie Youngblood, former congressional aide Will Cunningham and farmer and political activist Nate Kleinman.

On the Republican side, engineer Hirsh Singh, who lost the 2017 GOP gubernatorial primary to Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, former state Assemblyman Sam Fiocchi, R-Cumberland, and lawyer Seth Grossman were locked in a tight race in early returns.

All three candidates relied on their own money to fund their campaigns and the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, called the district a "recruiting hole for us."

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Mikie Sherrill, a former Navy pilot and federal prosecutor who raised $3 million for her campaign, won the Democratic primary for the seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-11th Dist.

"A lot of us as veterans felt we needed to step up and serve our country again," Sherrill said. "A lot of things that we knew our democracy stood for have been under attack."

Her closest competitor was Tamara Harris, a family advocate who put $627,300 of her own money into the race. Harris received support from two groups trying to elect more blacks to office, Higher Heights for America and the Collective Political Action Committee.

Webber raised more than any other Republican, but his bank account still paled in comparison to Sherrill's haul. He has the backing of two anti-abortion groups, New Jersey Right to Life and the Susan B. Anthony List.

De Neufville singlehandedly made his campaign financially competitive, donating or lending almost $700,000 of his own money. At the last minute, he was endorsed by former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

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7th District: Lance gets his strongest challenger

Both Rep. Leonard Lance, R-7th Dist., and former Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Tom Malinowski emerged as victors in their primary contests, setting up a fall race that the Cook Political Report, a Washington-based publication, called a tossup.

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The DCCC added Rep. Chris Smith, R-4th Dist., to its target list just in case an anti-Trump wave was big enough.

In the Democratic primary, Josh Welle, a businessman and Navy veteran, defeated former Asbury Park Councilman Jim Keady, who memorably was told to "sit down and shut up" by then-Gov. Chris Christie.

Both the Cook Political Report and Inside Elections rate Smith, the dean of the New Jersey congressional delegation, as a safe bet for re-election.

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5th District: McCann wins a close race to take on Gottheimer

In a close race, John McCann, general counsel to the New Jersey Sheriffs Association, defeated former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan, who previously lost two gubernatorial, one Senate and two House elections in New Jersey.

It came after a heated primary that centered around which candidate was the true Trump acolyte.

Lonegan, a supporter of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for president, led the anti-Trump forces at the 2016 Republican National Convention. That led Trump say this to Fox News about Lonegan: "He's always lost. He's a loser."

This time around, however, Lonegan touted "Trump’s agenda to create jobs, generate higher wages, and make America great again."

9th District: Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. was the victor over William Henry.

10th District: Rep. Donald Payne Jr. won over political activist Aaron Fraser, as he did in the 2014 Democratic primary and when Fraser ran as a third party candidate in 2016.

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These candidates were chosen before the primary

In the 3rd District, MacArthur and Kim were nominated without opposition and will face each other this fall in a race that the Cook Political Report gives the incumbent only a slight edge.

Kim picked up two endorsements this week, one from Moveon.org, a progressive group that spent $403,306 on the elections in support of hits favored candidates in 2016, and the other from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, which supports stronger gun regulations.

Rep. Albio Sires, D-8th Dist., and his Republican challenger, John Muniz, had clear paths to the Nov. 6 ballot, as did Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-12th Dist., and her GOP opponent, Daryl Kipnis.

Republican challengers Paul Dilks in the 1st District, Richard Pezzullo in the 6th District, Eric Fisher in the 9th District, and Agha Kahn in the 10th District faced no primary opposition.